Dan Faulk
Dan Faulk (born November 22, 1969 in Philadelphia ) is an American jazz musician ( clarinet , tenor and soprano saxophone ).
Live and act
Faulk grew up in the western United States, mostly in Arizona . At the age of eight he started playing the alto saxophone, at 14 he switched to the tenor as the main instrument and played in salsa and fusion bands in his home country . From 1987 he attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston , where he studied with the tenor saxophonist Bill Pierce . For a year and a half he went to William Paterson College in New Jersey and studied with Rufus Reid , Joe Lovano , Harold Mabern , Steve Turré and Norman Simmons . During this time he worked with Barry Harris and Benny Golson . In 1991 he finished his studies with a Bachelor's Degree in Music and then worked at his college as director of jazz studies; he also worked with Rufus Reid, played for three years in his TanaReid quintet and recorded two albums with the formation. In 1990 he earned a Master of Arts degree in jazz history from Rutgers University .
Throughout his career, Faulk has worked with Cindy Blackman , Henry Butler , JJ Johnson , Ronnie Mathews , Eddie Allen , the Mingus Dynasty , the Smithsonian Jazz Orchestra , James Spaulding and with Steve Turré on his Sanctified Shells project . He has also appeared at numerous festivals in the USA and Europe, played in clubs such as New York's Blue Note and Sweet Basil , in Yoshi’s in Oakland and in the Cologne subway . Under his own name he recorded his album Focusing In in 1992 for the label Criss Cross Jazz , on which Rufus Reid, Barry Harris and the drummer Carl Allen participated. In 1996, Fresh Sound released his album Spirits in the Night . His last album so far is The Dan Faulk Songbook (2003). He leads the Freeology Quartet with Lewis Porter .
Faulk was initially a professor at Stony Brook University and until 2004 at the City University of New York ; he is one of the editors of the Journal of Jazz Studies .
literature
- Richard Cook & Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings , London, Penguin, 2006 ISBN 0-141-02327-9 (8th edition)
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
Web links
- Web presence
- Dan Faulk in All About Jazz
- Dan Faulk at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Faulk, Dan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician (clarinet, tenor and soprano saxophone) and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 22, 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia |